[Pelham Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link bookPelham Complete CHAPTER XXVI 3/8
You are to return immediately to England, and come down to his house in--shire.
It is supposed you will have some contest, but be certain eventually to come in. "You will also, in this visit to Lord Glenmorris, have an excellent opportunity of securing his affection; you know it is some time since he saw you, and the greater part of his property is unentailed.
If you come into the House you must devote yourself wholly to it, and I have no fear of your succeeding; for I remember, when you were quite a child, how well you spoke, 'My name is Norval,' and 'Romans, countrymen, and lovers,' I heard Mr.Canning speak the other day, and I think his voice is quite like yours; in short, I make no doubt of seeing you in the ministry in a very few years. "You see, my dear son, that it is absolutely necessary you should set out immediately.
You will call on Lady--, and you will endeavour to make firm friends of the most desirable among your present acquaintance; so that you may be on the same footing you are now, should you return to Paris.
This a little civility will easily do: nobody (as I before observed), except in England, ever loses by politeness; by the by, that last word is one you must never use, it is too Gloucester-place like. "You will also be careful, in returning to England, to make very little use of French phrases; no vulgarity is more unpleasing.
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